שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh(sheh'-mesh)
“the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement”
121 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Translated in KJV as
[phrase] east side(-ward)sun (rising)[phrase] west(-ward)window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
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“But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Eg…”